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PublishedOn: 2014-09-30

Title: Ester Boserup's Legacy on Sustainability: Orientations for Conte

ISBN: 9789401786775

Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, Business & Economics

Publication Name: Ester Boserup's Legacy on Sustainability : Orientations for Contemporary Research

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

Item Length: 9.3 in

Subject: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Gender Studies, Agriculture / General, Development / Sustainable Development

Publication Year: 2014

Series: Human-Environment Interactions Ser.

Type: Textbook

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Author: Anette Reenberg

Item Weight: 202.4 Oz

Item Width: 6.1 in

Number of Pages: Xxv, 267 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher

Springer Netherlands

ISBN-10

9401786771

ISBN-13

9789401786775

eBay Product ID (ePID)

176379384

Product Key Features

Number of Pages

Xxv, 267 Pages

Publication Name

Ester Boserup's Legacy on Sustainability : Orientations for Contemporary Research

Language

English

Subject

Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Gender Studies, Agriculture / General, Development / Sustainable Development

Publication Year

2014

Type

Textbook

Subject Area

Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, Business & Economics

Author

Anette Reenberg

Series

Human-Environment Interactions Ser.

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight

202.4 Oz

Item Length

9.3 in

Item Width

6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience

Scholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition

Series Volume Number

Number of Volumes

1 vol.

Illustrated

Yes

Dewey Decimal

338.927

Table Of Content

PART I: Ester Boserup's Intellectual Heritage.- 1. Ester Boserup: An Interdisciplinary Visionary Relevant for Sustainability.- 2. "Finding Out Is My Life": Conversations with Ester Boserup in the 1990s.- 3. Boserup's Theory on Technological Change as a Point of Departure for the Theory of Sociometabolic Regime Transition.- PART II Land Use, Technology and Agriculture.- 4. The Dwindling Role of Population Pressure in Land Use Change - a Case from the South West Pacific.- 5. Conceptual and Empirical Approaches to Mapping and Quantifying Land-Use Intensity.- 6. Malthusian Assumptions, Boserupian Response in Transition to Agriculture Models.- 7. Reconciling Boserup with Malthus: Agrarian Change and Soil Degradation in Olive Orchards in Spain (1750-2000).- 8. Beyond Boserup: The Role of Working Time in Agricultural Development.- PART III: Population and Gender.- 9. Following Boserup's Traces: From Invisibility to Informalisation of Women's Economy to Engendering Development in Translocal Spaces.- 10. Daughters of the Hills: Gendered Agricultural Production, Modernisation, and Declining Child Sex Ratios in the Indian Central Himalayas.- 11. Revisiting Boserup's Hypotheses in the Context of Africa.- 12. An Interpretation of Large-Scale Land Deals Using Boserup's Theories of Agricultural Intensification, Gender and Rural Development.- 13. Labour Migration and Gendered Agricultural Asset Shifts in Southeastern Mexico: Two Stories of Farming Wives and Daughters.- 14. Working Time of Farm Women and Small-Scale Sustainable Farming in Austria.- 15. A Human Ecological Approach to Ester Boserup: Steps Towards Engendering Agriculture and Rural Development.- 16. Conclusions: Re-Evaluating Boserup in the Light of the Contributions to this Volume.

Synopsis

Arising from a scientific conference marking the 100th anniversary of her birth, this book honors the life and work of the social scientist and diplomat Ester Boserup, who blazed new trails in her interdisciplinary approach to development and sustainability., PART I: Ester Boserup's Intellectual Heritage 1. Ester Boserup: An Interdisciplinary Visionary Relevant for Sustainability 2. "Finding Out Is My Life" Conversations with Ester Boserup in the 1990s 3. Boserup's Theory on Technological Change as a Point of Departure for the Theory of Sociometabolic Regime Transition PART II Land Use, Technology and Agriculture 4. The Dwindling Role of Population Pressure in Land Use Change - a Case from the South West Pacific 5. Conceptual and Empirical Approaches to Mapping and Quantifying Land-Use Intensity 6. Malthusian Assumptions, Boserupian Response in Transition to Agriculture Models 7. Reconciling Boserup with Malthus: Agrarian Change and Soil Degradation in Olive Orchards in Spain (1750-2000) 8. Beyond Boserup: The Role of Working Time in Agricultural Development PART III: Population and Gender 9. Following Boserup's Traces: From Invisibility to Informalisation of Women's Economy to Engendering Development in Translocal Spaces 10. Daughters of the Hills: Gendered Agricultural Production, Modernisation, and Declining Child Sex Ratios in the Indian Central Himalayas 11. Revisiting Boserup's Hypotheses in the Context of Africa 12. An Interpretation of Large-Scale Land Deals Using Boserup's Theories of Agricultural Intensification, Gender and Rural Development 13. Labour Migration and Gendered Agricultural Asset Shifts in Southeastern Mexico: Two Stories of Farming Wives and Daughters 14. Working Time of Farm Women and Small-Scale Sustainable Farming in Austria 15. A Human Ecological Approach to Ester Boserup: Steps Towards Engendering Agriculture and Rural Development 16. Conclusions: Re-Evaluating Boserup in the Light of the Contributions to this Volume

LC Classification Number

GE196